Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 8 October 2013

Stichting Greenpeace Nederland and Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) v European Commission

Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to the first authorisation of the placing on the market of the active substance ‘glyphosate’ — Partial refusal of access — Risk of an adverse effect on the commercial interests of a natural or legal person — Article 4(5) of Regulation No 1049/2001 — Overriding public interest — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Article 6(1) of Regulation No 1367/2006 — Directive 91/414/EEC

Case T‑545/11



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
08/11/2013 Stichting Greenpeace Nederland and PAN Europe v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2013:523
08/10/2013 Stichting Greenpeace Nederland and PAN Europe v Commission
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2013:523
08/10/2013 Stichting Greenpeace Nederland and PAN Europe v Commission
Application (OJ)
18/11/2011 Stichting Greenpeace Nederland and PAN Europe v Commission
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.02 Exceptions
      2.03.02.01 Principles
        2.03.02.01.01 Strict interpretation and application
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.17 Right to property
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.01 Scope
      2.03.01.04 Relationship with specific rights of access
        2.03.01.04.01 Right of access to environmental information
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.03 Right of public access to documents
    2.03.01 Scope
      2.03.01.04 Relationship with specific rights of access
        2.03.01.04.01 Right of access to environmental information


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 14/10/2011

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

08/10/2013


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 355 from 03.12.2011, p.28

Judgment: OJ C 344 from 23.11.2013, p.54

Name of the parties

Stichting Greenpeace Nederland and PAN Europe v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Von Holleben, Horst: Judgement of the General Court of the EU on Access to Information under Substance Law, European Journal of Risk Regulation 2013 nº 4 p.565-578 (EN)
  2. Dupont-Lassalle, Julie: Accès aux documents et accès aux informations environnementales, Europe 2013 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.16 (FR)
  3. Broeren, E.: Milieu en recht 2014 Afl. 4 p.276-278 (NL)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Agriculture and Fisheries
  • - Plant health legislation
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • - Access to documents

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : application granted

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Schwarcz

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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